UNR students strut their science stuff on Saturday

The University of Nevada, Reno hosts the Nevada State Science Olympiad on Saturday in the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center building on campus.

The Olympiad is one of more than 240 regional and state tournaments in the country. More than 420 talented middle and high school STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- participants from around the state will compete for the chance to go to the 29th Annual National Science Olympiad May 17 and 18 at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Faculty, staff and students from the university colleges and the Desert Research Institute with community educators will judge the competition. Teams will compete in events ranging from astronomy to rocks and minerals, metric mastery, helicopters and thermodynamics. Teams must demonstrate a wide range of science knowledge, concepts, science processes and thinking skills and science application and technology. Details: www.nvscienceolympiad.org.

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UNR students strut their science stuff on Saturday

The University of Nevada, Reno hosts the Nevada State Science Olympiad on Saturday in the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center building on campus.The Olympiad is one of more than 240 regional and

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